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Advocates Plan Birthday Gift for 19th Amendment: Passage of ERA
It was a huge step forward for American women when, exactly 100 years ago, they finally gained the guaranteed right to vote with ratification of the 19th Amendment. But to Alice Paul, the step wasn’t nearly large enough.
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Most Americans Support Equal Rights Amendment: Poll
A new poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research finds that roughly 3 in 4 Americans support the proposed Equal Rights Amendment, nearly 50 years after it passed Congress in 1972
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House Acts to Remove 1982 Deadline for Equal Rights Amendment
In a bid to revive the Equal Rights Amendment, the House on Thursday approved a measure removing a 1982 deadline for state ratification and reopening the process to amend the Constitution to prohibit discrimination based on sex.
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Virginia Becomes 38th State to Ratify the Equal Rights Amendment
Virginia became the crucial 38th state to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment Monday, a momentous victory for many women’s rights advocates even though it is far from certain the measure ever will be added to the U.S. Constitution. Virginia’s House and Senate approved the resolution to ratify the amendment decades after Congress sent the ERA to the states in...
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Virginia Moves to Brink of Becoming 38th State to Ratify ERA
The Equal Rights Amendment is continuing to advance in the Virginia Legislature, where its passage is all but certain.
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DOJ Says It's Too Late to Pass the Equal Rights Amendment
The Justice Department has issued a finding that an expired pair of deadlines imposed by Congress decades ago means it’s too late for more states to ratify it now.
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Lawsuit Seeks to Ease Adoption of Equal Rights Amendment
Supporters of the Equal Rights Amendment have filed a federal lawsuit in Massachusetts aimed at clearing a legal path for adoption of the long-delayed constitutional amendment. Backers say they’re wading into the debate over the amendment — which dates to the early 1970s — because Virginia is poised to become the decisive 38th state to approve the measure. But the…